Chapter 296 Pressure From Xiongnu (1/2)

Chapter 297 – Pressure From Xiongnu

In the clan chat, Lu Zhi reported, ”Gongsun Zan accepted me as his helper. I'm in their ranks.”

Tong: ”Thank you, master.”

Tong planted Lu Zhi as an agent inside of Gongsun Zan's ranks, so he could recruit promising officers and even coax Gongsun Zan to join him in the future.

With Lu Zhi in Gongsun Zan's forces, the tension between the border of Zhongshan and Ji would decrease a bit.

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At the same month of December, the Ghost Legion of Zhang He reached Jinyang along with Ju Shou and Li Feihong. They joined forces with the Mountaineer Legion of Zhang Liao and Ding Yuan.

The combined forces of 70,000 could finally threaten the Xiongnu Army.

Li Feihong and Ju Shou devised several schemes on top of other stratagems to exterminate these nomads.

Li Feihong deployed the same gate tactic again with Zhang Liao, who burnt the granaries of these nomads, cutting off all of their supplies.

Ju Shou employed traps and pitfalls, which caught and killed thousands of Xiongnu warhorses and riders.

Zhang He and his subordinates did not have a chance to join the fight. It was not because they were incompetence or lazy, but the Xiongnu kept running away from his legion.

Ding Yuan and Lu Bu also could not get into the direct confrontation as before as the Xiongnu avoided to fight, yet they did not retreat from the border, which frustrated everybody.

For the entire month, both legions did not get a chance to get into a melee fight at all.

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January 10th, 185 A.D.

Xiongnu Army in Jinyang withdrew from the area as they completed their objectives. They had distracted both Jinyang forces and the Ghost Legion of Zhang He, which they failed to notice or assist Dong Zhuo and Ma Teng.

Ding Yuan, Li Feihong, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Ju Shou, and Lu Bu watched the retreating Xiongnu in solemn. Both legions failed to eliminate these horse archers even though they had superior gears and weapons.

”Sir Li, what do you think we're lacking.”

The frowning Ju Shou contemplated what they were their weaknesses that the Xiongnu exploited.

”It's not us. They are the abnormal ones. We burnt their granaries. We slaughtered all of their horses. But how did they persist without the supplies? How did they come back with more warhorses?”

For two months, they lost count how many supply camps they burnt and the warhorses they killed, yet the Xiongnu cavalries did not seem to be damaged at all.

”Is this the work of an immortal like you, sir Li?”

”Definitely. How can ordinary nomads procure so many warhorses and food for us to burn while they have the luxury to attack Anding, Tianshui, and Wuwei? My guess is on a similar ability that our young master has. The immortal on the Xiongnu side should be able to create warhorses and food for these guys somehow. Or else, they won't be able to use this kind of tactic.”

Zhang He, who had been listening to the conversation, recalled his photographic memories. He closed his eyes.

The vivid images of warhorses appeared in his mind. He checked the characteristic of each horse and found the irregularity in an instant.

The majority of warhorses looked the same!

Half of the Xiongnu soldiers had the same faces as well!

”The warhorses looked the same. Some of the soldiers also had a similar face. I thought they were twins, or they were a part of the same family, but it's odd.”

Li Feihong widened his eyes as he had a theory about this otherworlder's skill, ”A cloning ability?”

”Cloning?”

”It should be an ability to copy living beings! Think about this hypothetically as an example. An immortal that can copy your existence and give birth to another Ju Shou or Lu Bu!”

”WHAT!?”

The eyes of all officers who heard it almost popped out of its socket. Even Lu Bu stared at Li Feihong in disbelieved.

”It's just a theory. For now, let's report our battle result to Tong and other strategists.”

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Li Feihong, Ju Shou, and Zhang Liao reported everything to the clan chat.

Jia Xu: ”That actually made sense. If they can copy everything in the world, copying elite soldiers and sending them all to invade us would be easy.”

Tong: ”But that will be costly. All immortal spells and abilities have a strict condition of usage. We have to pay with our lifespans for each use, and we can't use it repeatedly.”

Dong Bai: ”What if he has awakened a wing?”

Jia Xu: ”Wing? Miss Xiao Wu, can you elaborate?”

Dong Bai: ”Wait, how did you know I'm Xiao Wu?”

Tong: ”It's obvious to everyone else here. You're the only one who thinks that none of them knew.”